The New American articles from May 2006

The New American archives from May 2006

Foreign control of America.(Letter to the editor)
May 1, 2006... Some observations and thoughts on the U.S. port management by a Middle Eastern firm ("Sink the Dubai Ports Deal!" March 20) came to mind as I listened to the spinmeisters defending the Bush administration's handling of the contract issue. ...

Not assimilating.(Letter to the editor)
May 1, 2006... What people need to learn from reading "How Immigration Destroyed Rome" (February 6 issue) is that it could happen here. What the American people are slowly learning is that this new invasion of immigrants is very unlike any before. One, the...

Historian's perspective.(Letter to the editor)
May 1, 2006... Speaking as a historian who has read Thomas DiLorenzo's book The Real Lincoln, I believe that I can offer a unique perspective on Mr. Dwyer's review of it ("An Honest Look at Abe" March 20 issue). In the review, Dwyer attacks Lincoln and Henry...

A true hero.(Charles Swift)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... "As a military officer," explains Lt. Cmndr. Charles Swift, "I deeply respect the president. But I also believe it's my duty as a military officer to point out when he is wrong." Swift, a 12-year veteran of the Navy's Judge Advocate General...

Polytheism--key to world peace?(INSIDER REPORT)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... In order to bring about a peaceful, unified world, insisted Jean-Pierre Lehmann in the March 30 issue of the Globalist, "we should... eradicate monotheistic religion in favor of polytheistic religion." Lehmann is a key adviser to World...

Attack of the heretics.(INSIDER REPORT)
May 1, 2006... With the arrival of Easter, the most significant Christian holy day, it can be expected that anti-religion secularists will ratchet up attacks on the Christian faith. This year the attacks have been both unusually intense and occasionally...

Name the "defeatist".(INSIDER REPORT)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... The war in Iraq is an "utter debacle," opines Eric Haney, an author and television producer. "The reasons were wrong.... We have fomented civil war in Iraq. We have probably fomented internecine war in the Muslim world between the Shias and the...

The "new European Soviet".(Mikhail Gorbachev )(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... During a late-February address in Brussels, former Soviet dissident Vladimir Bukovsky warned that the European Union--referred to by former Soviet dictator Mikhail Gorbachev as the "new European Soviet"--represents a continuation of the...

Supreme court jurist boldly trashes the constitution.(Ruth Bader Ginsburg)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... "The notion that it is improper to look beyond the borders of the United States in grappling with hard questions... is in line with the view of the U.S. Constitution as a document essentially frozen in time as of the date of its ratification....

France intends to continue reliance on nuclear power.(Quick Quotes)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... "We were convinced that renewable energy cannot provide enough power and that oil is not infinite." Explaining that renewable energy (solar and wind power) would not suffice, France's director of energy policy Francois Loos defended his...

Former labor secretary blasts NAFTA.(Robert Reich)(North American Free Trade Agreement)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... "Ten years after the North American Free Trade Agreement went into effect, Mexico's real wages are lower than they were before, and both inequality and poverty have grown." University of California professor Robert Reich, a cabinet official...

If many are breaking a law, change it so there won't be so many lawbreakers.(for immigration)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... "The only practical way to reduce lawbreaking is to change the law so more immigrants can enter legally and the ones here can stop hiding, the approach favored by Bush and Senators John McCain and Edward Kennedy." New York Times columnist...

Wisconsin Congressman speaks out against amnesty.(James Sensenbrenner )(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... "I do not support amnesty for illegal aliens. That rewards lawbreaking. The way the [Senate] bill works, the longer somebody has broken the law, the better the benefit that they get. And that makes a bad situation worse." One of the House...

Another political goldwater aims a demand at President Bush.(Barry Goldwater)(Don Goldwater )(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... "Build us that wall now!" A Republican candidate for governor of Arizona and a nephew of the late Senator Barry Goldwater, Don Goldwater doesn't really expect President Bush to heed his demand. He has stated instead that, if elected, he...

Is Iran next?(relations with United States )(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... "It is unclear whether the Bush administration honestly wants to advance democracy in Iran or whether it is merely creating another pretext to start bombing." Pointing to numerous instances of U.S. meddling in Iran's internal affairs, columnist...

Illegal immigration: immigration protests are spreading across America. What is the motive? What is the agenda?(IMMIGRATION)
May 1, 2006... From late March to early April, hundreds of thousands of illegal Hispanic immigrants reminded Americans they may yet suffer a wave of violence like that which left Paris burning and the authorities wondering why their ill-conceived invitation...

Shamnesty: hijacking reform: though politicians are now paying lip service to "border security" and immigration reform, both major parties are pushing legislation that would only make things worse.(IMMIGRATION)
May 1, 2006... "April Fool!" Congress and the White House are playing some cruel prank, right? Surely, they can't be serious about granting amnesty to millions of illegal aliens and opening the border floodgates even wider than they already are to millions...

Myth vs. fact: politicians and pundits are defending illegal immigration with worn-out myths that can easily be proven wrong.(IMMIGRATION)
May 1, 2006... Myth: Illegal immigrants contribute greatly to the American economy. FACT: So-called statistics supporting this myth are typically a deceptive amalgam of statistics and supposition arranged to conceal an undeniable truth. Consider, for...

United State of North America: elitists in the United States, Mexico, and Canada are plotting to merge these three nations into a single regional government similar to the European Union.(IMMIGRATION)(Cover story)
May 1, 2006... In 1787, 13 former British colonies that had briefly been independent states agreed to create a free trade zone inside a shared security perimeter. People, goods, and capital would move freely throughout that region, ignoring previously...

The trouble with V: compelling and affecting in its depiction of life under totalitarianism, V for Vendetta ultimately endorses the lawlessness on which totalitarianism depends.
May 1, 2006... The construction of a totalitarian system invariably involves an intense campaign of demolition. All impediments to the power of the emancipated state, both public and private, must be destroyed. The intent is to deprive the individual...

Spring breakers fix homes.
May 1, 2006... The annual tradition for college students called spring break sends shudders down the spines of concerned parents as well as the beleaguered local residents of such beach side communities as Panama City, Florida, and Padre Island, Texas....

Highway hero.(Douglas Crawford managed to tackle with highway accident)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... Douglas Crawford owns a farm in Ashford, Alabama. Crawford also drives a truck for Saia Motor Freight Lines, an occupation that put him into the middle of a serious accident scene last summer. Crawford was driving his rig southbound on...

A life's work.(Arthur Winston )(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... When he celebrated his recent birthday, Arthur Winston figured it was time to retire. He loved his job, but it was about time to hang up his hat and go home. After all, it was his 100th birthday and he had worked for the Los Angeles...

Citizen soldiers: the militia: the story of America's citizen soldiers shows that the militia and the second amendment are not obsolete. The populace at large will always fulfill essential militia functions.(HISTORY--struggle for freedom)
May 1, 2006... When the English first landed in Virginia in 1607, they began a long process of transplanting their political, cultural, and military institutions to the New World. In addition to introducing their version of the Christian faith, they brought...

You say potato, I say ...(Rudy Perez was killed while attempting a robbery)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... After Rudy Perez was killed while attempting to rob a man at gunpoint, his girlfriend, Elena Granada, indicated that he was "a decent person who wanted a family of his own," reported KSAT.com. She said, "Everybody is going to miss him. He...

Utter gall.(Kevin Conner and Mary Hick robbed a house)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... Imagine pulling into the driveway of a random house during the day on a weekend, nonchalantly taking whatever items strike your fancy, and then trying to convince an outraged homeowner who has caught you that it's all just a misunderstanding....

Morning wake-up.(EXERCISING THE RIGHT)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... It's a mystery as to why a woman who robbed a Clinton Township, Michigan, home when the residents were inside didn't leave immediately after finding a wad of money. Adding to the mystery is the question of how she got to the area and how she...

His and hers sidearms.(EXERCISING THE RIGHT)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... After a couple was murdered in their home during a home invasion two years ago, residents of Ransom Canyon, Texas, learned a lesson about home safety--be ready to fight back. Seventy-year-old Tom Ritter and his wile were asleep at about 1...

A long time brewing.(Horace Dawson murdered Richard Raab)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... Two men in Sanford, North Carolina, had a minor fender bender on a city street; both got out of their vehicles and approached each other; then they began fighting. One man pulled a gun and shot the other unarmed man five times, killing him. The...

Science fiction about global warming.(Correction, Please!)
May 1, 2006... ITEM: Time magazine, in its own summary of the cover story for April 4, 2006, reported: "Never mind what you've heard about global warming as a slow-motion emergency that would take decades to play out. Suddenly and unexpectedly, the crisis is...

Democracy isn't the answer.(THE LAST WORD)
May 1, 2006... The justification for the war in Iraq has morphed over time. At first it was the dangers of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), then it became a fight against terrorism. And then even terrorism in general proved to be an elusive justification...

Writing history.(Letter to the editor)
May 15, 2006... In your April 17 issue, a loyal American complained that your review of DiLorenzo's book, The Real Lincoln, failed to meet your normally high standards because it was biased toward the Southern view of the war; it portrayed Lincoln as a racist...

Loss of statehood.(Letter to the editor)
May 15, 2006... With due respect to letter-writer Keith D. Ashley, in his criticism of the critique of The Real Lincoln, he missed almost the entire point regarding North America's Whatchamacallit War of 1861-65. The United States of America is not a...

Idaho calls for federal Constitution Restoration Act.(INSIDER REPORT)(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... In March both chambers of the Idaho legislature passed a "joint memorial" petitioning the U.S. Congress to enact the Constitution Restoration Act (H.R. 1070/S. 520), which would limit the jurisdiction of the federal courts. The Idaho memorial...

"Second Amendment" needed in Iraq?(INSIDER REPORT)
May 15, 2006... A Reuters report of April 22 noted: "Iraq's Prime Minister-designate Jawad al-Maliki said on Saturday the country's militias must merge with the U.S.-trained armed forces, despite calls from the United States to disarm them." The story...

Deciding what's best.(George W.Bush speaking about Donald Rumsfeld)(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... "I say, I listen to all voices, but mine is the final decision. And Don Rumsfeld is doing a fine job." So said President Bush on April 18, when asked how he answers critics "who believe that you re ignoring the advice of retired generals,...

Bush hosts top Chinese communist, amidst protest.(Hu Jintao)
May 15, 2006... President Bush received communist Chinese President Hu Jintao at a White House event on April 20, in the first meeting at the White House between the two world leaders since Hu's ascension to power in 2002. During a press conference on the...

Why May day?(INSIDER REPORT)
May 15, 2006... May 1 is the date for the "Great American Boycott of 2006" calling for the legalization of millions of illegal aliens. Couldn't a better date have been chosen--one not tainted with the image of communist May Day celebrations from Moscow to...

Bush still playing WMD card--CIA said otherwise.(George W. Bush)(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... During a speech to a group of business leaders in Irvine, California, on April 24, President Bush warned that terrorists want to use Iraq as a safe haven. The president elaborated: "And here's the danger of having an enemy with a safe haven in...

Rice sics UN Security Council on Iran.(Condoleezza Rice)(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... While enroute to Europe on April 24 for diplomatic visits to Greece, Turkey, and Bulgaria, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged the UN Security Council to get tough on Iran for disregarding UN directives compelling answers to...

Iranians and rice trade barbs.(INSIDER REPORT)(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... On April 25, Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, Ali Larijani, said that Iran would suspend its relations with the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency if the UN imposes sanctions on his country, reported Agence France-Presse. "If you decide to...

New call for UN-administered world disarmament.(INSIDER REPORT)(Column)
May 15, 2006... THE NEW AMERICAN has frequently described the origins and significance of State Department Document 7277, entitled Freedom From War: The United States Program for General and Complete Disarmament in a Peaceful World. Proposed by President John...

"Grass-roots" global warming campaign and UN mega-bucks.(INSIDER REPORT)
May 15, 2006... According to Rep. Bob Inglis (R-S.C.), once an outspoken critic of those warning of a major global warming threat, "more and more Republicans [are] willing to stop laughing at climate change [and] are ready to get serious about reclaiming their...

Notre Dame president likes free speech more than propriety.(John I. Jenkins)(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... "I am very determined that we not suppress free speech on this campus. I am also determined that we never suppress or neglect the Gospel that inspired this university." Facing protests after announcing that he will allow a "gay" film...

CNN anchor attacks Senate immigration bill as an opening for amnesty.(Cable News Network's Lou Dobbs)(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... "I think illegal immigrants are a burden to the taxpayer, unequivocally. [The Specter bill is] an unconscionable act and a sellout." As the ratings for his evening newscast soar, CNN's Lou Dobbs minces few words while taking a strong stand...

India booming as West begins to stagnate.(Satish V. Betadpur)(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... "India has never had this kind of sustained economic growth; therefore price-to-earnings ratios of companies are in uncharted territory right now." Delightedly pointing to unprecedented growth and investment, Satish V. Betadpur, the...

Communist China increasing its textile manufacturing in South Carolina.(Quick Quotes)(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... "Anytime a facility based in South Carolina plans to increase its employment by fivefold, it's obviously good news for the state." When Haier, China's largest and the world's fourth largest producer of white goods, announced plans to...

Maoist revolt active in East-Central India.(Quick Quotes)(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... "We have made the people aware of how to change your life through armed struggle, not the ballot. This is a people's war, a protracted people's war." In the part of India where the country's economic boom has had little effect, People's...

Iran's leader refuses to back down from nuclear plans.(Mahmoud Ahmadinejad)(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... "Our answer to those who are angry about Iran achieving the full nuclear fuel cycle is just one phrase. We say: 'Be angry at us and die of this anger.'" After a visit to Tehran by the chief of the UN's nuclear agency, Iran 's President...

Dissatisfaction with defense secretary grows.(Donald Rumsfeld)(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... "My sincere view is that the commitment of our forces to this fight was done with a casualness and swagger that are the special province of those who have never had to execute these missions--or bury the results." One of several retired...

Abusing homeland authority: as it emerges as our country's first national police force, Michael Chertoff's Department of Homeland Security is becoming notorious for abuses of power--and even depraved crimes against children.(ON THE HOME FRONT)
May 15, 2006... The school day had ended and the parking lot at Englewood Elementary was full of energetic kids eager to go home when Leander Pickett saw a late model car obstructing the school bus loading zone. Pickett, a teacher's assistant at the...

Outsourcing U.S. security to China? The Bush administration is granting Hutchison Whampoa, a Hong Kong company with ties to China's military, the right to screen U.S.-bound cargo for nuclear devices.(ON THE HOME FRONT)
May 15, 2006... The National Nuclear Security Administration in the Bush administration is granting a Hong Kong company, Hutchison Whampoa, the exclusive right to screen U.S.-bound cargo containers for nuclear devices at the Freeport Container Terminal in the...

Bordering on a war zone: Andy Ramirez, the chairman of a non-profit organization supporting the U.S. Border Patrol, describes the perilous situation along the U.S.-Mexico border.(IMMIGRATION)(Interview)
May 15, 2006... Andy Ramirez serves as chairman of Friends of the Border Patrol (FBP), a non-profit organization that was created to support the U.S. Border Patrol and defend U.S. national security. Founded in 2004, FBP works with the Border Patrol and law...

Holding Congress accountable: 102 members of the current Congress were in office 20 years ago, and 63 voted for the disastrous IRCA amnesty of 1986. Many are still pushing more amnesty schemes.(IMMIGRATION)
May 15, 2006... Twenty years ago, after years of heated wrangling over immigration, Congress passed--and President Reagan signed--the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA). The most intensely debated feature of that new legislation was an amnesty...

Need-to-know info on animal ID: the USDA has targeted farms and livestock facilities, and their livestock, for intrusive, unnecessary, and eventually mandatory identification and tracking regulations.(United States. Department of Agriculture)(National Animal Identification System )
May 15, 2006... The United States Department of Agriculture would have you believe Americans are at high risk from being infected with one or more animal-borne diseases--such as mad cow disease and Asian bird flu. The USDA's National Animal Identification...

Generation Joshua educates youth.(about self government)(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... Generation Joshua is a conservative Christian youth organization that seeks to educate American teens about "liberty, virtue, and a deep belief in the principle of self-government." The organization emphasizes patriotism, excellence, and civic...

Calif. bills push "gay" agenda.(in textbooks)(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... SB 1437's purpose is to ban discrimination in school textbooks based on sexual orientation and encourages schools to include Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transsexual (LGBT) material in the curriculum. The bill was introduced by state Senator Sheila...

Homosexual fairy tale in school.(EDUCATION REPORT)(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... Would you want a teacher to read a fairy tale to your seven-year-old about a prince who rejects beautiful princesses before falling in love with another prince, marrying him, and living happily ever after? That's what recently happened to a...

Achievements of home-schoolers.(EDUCATION REPORT)(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... Home-schooled students continue to excel academically across the nation. * Samir Patel, a home-schooled seventh grader from Texas, will compete this May in his fourth Scripps National Spelling Bee, where last year he tied for 2nd place. In...

Back to basics: in Overview of America, John Birch Society President John F. McManus clears away the cobwebs that obscure the facts about politics and economics.
May 15, 2006... In a career spanning more than 40 years, few, if any, have done more than John F. McManus to remind the American people of their unique and important political and economic heritage. Over the years, McManus has delivered a presentation that he...

A jewel of a citizen returns valuable purse.(Shahla Ghannadian missed her purse and was given back by John Suhrhoff )
May 15, 2006... Tony Bennett may have left his heart in San Francisco, but a Canadian tourist staying in "the city by the bay" recently left her purse in Sausalito. Toronto resident Shahla Ghannadian and her husband traveled to San Francisco for their...

Resident sounds fire alert.(Nick Burris )(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... A little further south, we find the city of Madera, a suburb of Fresno in California's San Joaquin Valley. There, on March 30, Nick Burris returned home to his Madera West Apartment and noticed a fire in one of the upstairs units. After calling...

Young boy saves classmate.(Jack Conklin)(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... Last November, a group of students waited for their carpool ride in front of Eisenhower Middle School in suburban Wyckoff, New Jersey. (The town's name is pronounced "why cough," which is appropriate for this story.) While standing around,...

Good teens to gather.(THE GOODNESS OF AMERICA)(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... Goshen Township, Ohio, will be ground zero for hundreds of teenagers from all over America this June. Teenagers from across the country have volunteered to participate in two week-long work camps--the first running from June 11-17, and the...

A walk in the Northwoods: an astonishing proposal created by the Pentagon four decades ago illustrates our government's capacity for large-scale deception--even of the American people.(HISTORY-STRUGGLE FREEDOM)
May 15, 2006... For those working in the darker corners of the Military-Industrial Complex, 1962 was a busy year. On March 10, Lincoln E Bloomfield of MIT submitted a report entitled A World Effectively Controlled by the United Nations: A Preliminary Study of...

She scared him away.(Patsy Neal was assaulted by neighbor Karl Forss )(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... Sixty-seven-year-old Patsy Neal tried to do a good deed for her neighbor on March 31, but when he became aggressive, she soon showed him that "kind" is not synonymous with "weak." When 32-year-old Karl Forss came to her house to use the...

Drunk and very disorderly.(Mario Vigil was killed in an attempt to kidnap his ex-girlfriend son)(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... Early on Sunday, March 26, 60-year-old Mario Vigil got into an argument with his ex-girlfriend and threatened to kill her grandson out of spite. Later that day, according to the Craig (Colorado) Daily Press, Vigil tried to make good on...

Vandals face firepower.(Barry Hartman was being shot)(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... According to WFTV.com, Barry Hartman, from Volusia County, Florida, was literally being shot at in his home for a second time in three months when he decided enough was enough and shot back. At the outset of the incident, Hartman thought he...

Hoosier hoorah!(teachers permits)(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... Indiana residents got some wonderful pre-Easter surprises, albeit not in the gaily colored packaging normally associated with Easter baskets, but exciting nonetheless. Indiana became the first state in the country to offer residents lifetime...

Texas two-step.(Johnny Piper pursued Michael Hammonds)(Brief article)
May 15, 2006... Johnny Piper of Lamar County, Texas, pursued a suspected bank robber, Michael Hammonds, down a country road. When Hammonds walked, Piper walked. When Hammonds ran, Piper ran. When Hammonds stopped, so did Piper. The incident started on...

Mass. health coverage.(Correction, Please!)
May 15, 2006... ITEM: The New York Times for April 5 reported that the Massachusetts legislature overwhelmingly passed a bill that would make Massachusetts "the first state to provide nearly universal health care coverage," and would accomplish this feat "in a...

The snitch on the net.(Jiang Lijun and Li Zhi were accused for disclosing state secrets vya web)
May 15, 2006... Jiang Lijun and Li Zhi have been serving four-year and eight-year sentences (respectively) for "inciting subversion" against the Chinese communist state since 2003. That's not news. Nor is Shi Tao's 10-year sentence last year on charges of...

More compassion needed.(Letter to the editor)
May 29, 2006... In the matter of immigration, there is a distinction between hospitality and compassion. Yes, we are a hospitable nation, and that's fine, but we don't have to be hospitable to be compassionate. If we were truly being compassionate regarding,...

Honest appraisal of Lincoln.(Letter to the editor)
May 29, 2006... THE NEW AMERICAN is to be commended for reviewing and publicizing DiLorenzo's The Real Lincoln ("An Honest Look at Abe," March 20 issue). In a situation that could have been settled peaceably and amicably, Lincoln deliberately chose war....

State confiscation of Bolivia's energy industry.(Brief article)
May 29, 2006... "Out for a stroll here last week, I stopped in my tracks," writes author William Powers in the May 8 Houston Chronicle. "Bolivian soldiers had surrounded my local gas station, where a banner read, 'Property of the Bolivian State.' They were...

Beltway conservatives love the UN!(United Nations, Heritage Foundation donations)(Brief article)
May 29, 2006... "Do the democracies of Europe have a problem with U.S. goals of spreading democracy around the world?" asked Heritage Foundation official Helle Dale in a May 3 Washington Times op-ed column. "In the drive to raise funds for the brand new UN...

Declaring war now a security council function.(Condoleezza Rice on war against Iran or Syria)(Brief article)
May 29, 2006... During testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee last October, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was asked "whether the President would circumvent congressional authorization if the White House chose military action against Iran...

Merger with Mexico: the worst of both worlds.(Mexican government corruption)
May 29, 2006... In May 2005, Mexican federales gunned down three innocent university students in the border town of Reynosa. Immediately after the shooting, Mexican federal authorities painted the victims as drug-runners, a transparent ruse immediately...

A cosmic Chinagate?(National Aeronautics and Space Administration)(missile technologies to China)(Brief article)
May 29, 2006... Less than a decade ago, conservative Americans, as well as millions of others who didn't necessarily share that political inclination, were astonished and infuriated by the Clinton administration's transfer of critical missile technologies to...

Domestic eavesdropper to head CIA.(Central Intelligence Agency taps Michael Hayden)(Brief article)
May 29, 2006... Four-star Air Force General Michael Hayden, a 30-year intelligence veteran who headed the Bush administration's warrantless domestic surveillance program, was tapped by the president on May 8 to head the Central Intelligence Agency. Since 2005,...

NAFTA/WTO tribunals rule against United States.(World Trade Organization and the North American Free Trade Agreement)(Brief article)
May 29, 2006... Pursuant to rulings handed down by tribunals established by the World Trade Organization and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), several Canadian lumber companies, as well as U.S. companies with Canadian subsidiaries, will receive...

Has the housing bubble found its pin?(Wayne County's economic aspects)(Brief article)
May 29, 2006... "After recording more than 9,000 foreclosures in 2005, Wayne County [Michigan] ended January with 3,364 homes in active foreclosure, the highest of any county in the nation by more than 1,000," reported the Detroit News. "Katherine Ben-Ami......

Tennessee congressman yearns for a saner day.(Brief article)
May 29, 2006... "And the United States would be a better and far more interesting place if our government would stop trying to run the world and, instead, would allow Americans to keep more of their own money and let them celebrate more of their own unique...

He has always seen gold as the ultimate money.(gold inflation)(Brief article)
May 29, 2006... "Gold is a barometer of the common stock of a country, and right now gold is sniffing out weaknesses in the management of the United States as a business. I love gold. It's money." As the price of gold soars to more than $680 per ounce,...